Secure data exchange between product and machine

Nokia is presenting an innovative product manufacturing process which makes the idea of Industry 4.0 a reality: its "factory in a box". The clue is in the name: the entire manufacturing process is modular, portable and accommodated in shipping containers.

Nokia with a group of 11 electronics industry players launched in February its “factory in a box”. highlighting a state-of-the art cargo container with a single electronics manufacturing line that can be moved to locations as demand dictates. The “factory in a box” includes cloud-based solutions, robotics and new electronic manufacturing IoT solutions, all of which will enable greater agility and flexibility for manufacturers. As part of this project, HARTING’s RFID solution for tracking, tracing and production control provides the ZON Stuttgart 2018 finished products not only with an identity, but also a memory.

At HANNOVER MESSE, the “factory in a box” of Nokia takes a new step. More than a concept, it starts becoming a reality. Nokia will exhibit a full electronic production line in containers (Hall 8, Place of Nations). In this production line, the bare boards are fitted with transponders. Using a HARTING RFID RF-R300 reader and a LOCFIELD® antenna, the circuit boards are identified and data, like status information and process time, is exchanged secure bidirectionally between the product and the machine or the Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The circuit board thus receives relevant information and can send it straight to the following machine or make it available to a service technician later on in the finished product.

Thanks to the HARTING MICA-based Reader RF-R300, all the RFID data processing can be carried out in the machine in accordance with the standards. The space-saving LOCFIELD® coaxial cable antenna also makes it easy for the RFID technology to be integrated in the RFID technology in the SMT machines in the production line.

For more information about HARTING’s UHF RFID portfolio, please go to www.HARTING-RFID.com or visit Stand C15 in Hall 11 at the HANNOVER MESSE.

The HARTING Technology Group is one of the world’s leading providers of industrial connection technology for the three lifelines of Data, Signal and Power and has
13 production plants and branches in 44 countries. Moreover, the company also produces retail checkout systems, electromagnetic actuators for automotive and industrial series use, as well as hardware and software for customers and applications in automation technology, robotics and transportation engineering. In the 2016/17 business year, some 4,600 employees generated sales of EUR 672 million.